Biodiversity Hall

Take a tour of Biodiversity Hall and see a wide variety of animals from a wide variety of habitats. Species featured on this tour may include the 2 toed sloth, cockatoos, monitor lizards, porcupines, otters, axolotyls, bats, porcupines, meerkats, or others.  Learn about the importance of biological diversity and protecting ecosystems.

Reptile House

Take a tour of our Reptile House and see a wide variety of lizards, snakes, turtles, and even some amphibians. Learn about their habitats, adaptations, and how we care for our scaly friends.

Our most popular Zoo2U outreach programs can also be presented as a Virtual Experience!

This is a cost effective way to still bring our dynamic outreach programs to participants without having to pay for travel and additional staff required for an in-person program. Choose from the titles below or we can work with you to customize a program.

Animal Superpowers

Superheroes often have powers that originated with animals: flight, speed, flexibility, heat vision and more. See the strange, amazing ways that animals have physically adapted to their environment to find food, protect themselves, hunt, and to attract a mate. After this program, you are sure to know that superpowers do exist!

What’s On the Menu?

Eat or be eaten, that is the question. Find out what our Zoo animals eat, how they eat it, and who eats who by looking at a variety of teeth, food, and the mouths they go in.

Where the Wild Things Are

Just by seeing how an animal looks will tell much about the wild environment where it lives. Learn how and where animals make their homes and the adaptations that help them survive in their natural habitats.

Dinosaurs Alive!

Look at the change in dinosaurs through time resulting in today’s modern birds. Learn about reptiles from the age of dinosaurs (turtles, lizards, snakes, and crocodilians) that survived the mass extinction 65 million years ago. Examine dinosaur fossils, bird and reptile artifacts to see that dinosaurs are still with us today!

Careers with Animals

So, you want to work with animals? Find out how about the wide variety of careers available and how to get there. Learn about education requirements (from high school to college and beyond), experience needed and how to get it, the pay scale, as well as the time, commitment, and dedication needed to have a career with animals.

Conservation in Action

Take a journey around the world to discover how Niabi Zoo is working today to assure a better tomorrow for all living things.

🐝 Learn why pollinators matter

🚨Discover the fight against wildlife trafficking

🦒 Explore conservation breeding

🌎 See how Niabi Zoo is making a difference locally and globally in Zimbabwe, Mexico, and Paraguay

🌿 Find out how YOU can help protect biodiversity.

Gibbons & Palm Oil

Gibbons are some of the fastest animals in the rain forests. Specially adapted to life in the trees, they move through the rain forest canopy by brachiating, swinging by their arms at speeds up to 35 mph and crossing gaps up to 50 ft. What happens when there are no more trees to swing through? Nearly all species of gibbons are endangered including our Buff-cheeked. The number one cause is deforestation for agriculture and palm oil plantations. Find out how palm oil, which is used in over 50% of products on supermarket shelves, is responsible for the mass destruction of tropical habitats driving many animals to the brink of extinction.

Red Wolves & Coexistence

Red Wolves are a critically endangered species. They and all wolves were driven to near extinction mostly due to one word…fear. The Big Bad Wolf syndrome caused humans to exterminate this fearsome predator without understanding the benefits and balance they provide within an ecosystem. It is more important than ever for people to learn how to coexist with native animals like wolves.

Snow Leopards & Communities

Snow Leopards are vulnerable to extinction. Niabi’s long-time conservation partner, the Snow Leopard Trust, works to protect Snow Leopards in the wild. They cannot do it alone. They work directly with communities in countries like Mongolia, India, Kyrgyzstan and others to get local people to value and protect these mysterious cats. Learn how Niabi supports the efforts of those communities and is helping to save Snow Leopards.

Painted Dogs & Roads

Painted Dogs are one of the most endangered carnivores in Africa. With the highest hunting success rate in the animal kingdom at 85%, you would think they would be thriving. Instead, they are on the brink of extinction because of driving. Roads are being paved directly through National Parks and protected areas and animals are being hit and killed by vehicles. Niabi Zoo works directly with long-time conservation partner, Painted Dog Research, to educate drivers and help put the brakes on extinction.